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Katie Hopkins moving to new job at Mail Online

24/9/2015

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When the name of a a 'celebrity' or famous person' is trending on Twitter it sometimes means they have died. Would it be cruel to comment that is sadly not the case Thursday as Katie Hopkins trends on Twitter in the UK?

That is the sort of comment Hopkins makes regularly about all and sundry not caring who she may offend as long as it brings the money in.

Hopkins is to the right of British politics and a single mother. She has carved a 'celebrity' career out of appearing on the Apprentice and later as a column writer in Murdoch Tory rag The Sun.

Born Katie Olivia Hopkins February 13, 1975, she is now classed as a British television personality and columnist.

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She first appeared on British television as a contestant on the third UK series of The Apprentice in 2007.

Our previous reports on the female big mouth that is Hopkins include Katie Hopkins attention seeks from Cilla Black death, Anti Katie Hopkins petition passes 250,000 mark, Has Katie Hopkins gifted Labour the election and Miss Nasty Katie Hopkins attacks Kelly Clarkson again.

But Hopkins is always a busy lady and that list of offense is just the tip of the iceberg.

So why is she trending on Twitter Thursday?

Her contract with The Sun ends this week and she will post her final column for that 'newspaper' on Friday. Reports claim she resigned from the Sun Thursday; sadly though she will be back writing but this time for the Mail Online.

Did she jump ship or was she pushed? Do we really care?

Either could be true. After posting a terrible piece referring to migrants as cockroaches she refused to apologise for her harsh words even after the death of young Aylan Kurdi.

According to the Independent "Hopkins said she was “delighted” to be joining the site as she announced the news in a statement on Thursday, a few weeks after she faced a growing backlash over a dehumanising comment piece about refugees."

She is likely to be in good company at the Mail Online a publication that is not renowned for its accuracy and one that loves to post sleazy news as available.

"Confirming her appointment, a representative for the MailOnline said: “At MailOnline we operate without fear or favour and this is something that Katie is known the world over for. “Katie’s column is a must read for people across Britain and around the globe. Even if you don’t agree with what she says, she certainly knows how to engage and entertain an audience.”

For sensible people it is a must not read pure and simple.

Hopkins looks for sensationalism and usually manages this by attack. She makes money at the expense of others be they refugees, fat people or feminists.

The Guardian view is that moving to the Mail Online will give Hopkins a global audience and further her 'career'.

From the Mail Online April 2015-
Katie Hopkins branded 'toxic' following call to 'burn all the boats' in North Africa just hours after 900 migrants drowned on the treacherous journey to Europe.

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Primark breastfeeding liar could be jailed

24/9/2015

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Caroline Starmer, 28, claimed a male Primark security guard had snatched her baby from her breast during a breast feeding row in a Leicester store but she lied.

She claimed the guard 'assaulted' her as she tried to feed her nine-and-a-half-month old baby daughter on July 13.

A couple of weeks later she was charged with intent to pervert the course of justice and Thursday she has had her day in court.

Starmer appeared at Leicester Crown Court, pleaded guilty and was warned she could be jailed when sentenced in December.

Is a jail sentence really appropriate for a young mother?

That said her lies could have resulted in the sacking off the security guard and a loss of income.

Maybe the guard could sue her for defamation of character?

Primark were quick to refute the allegation after viewing in-store CCTV footage. Surely Starmer realised that CCTV was in operation in the cut-price shopping Primark store?

Perhaps it was one of those white lies that quickly snowballed and became out of control?

Starmer made the accusation in a Facebook post and as is the way in 21st Century news the story was picked up and went viral in no time at all.
In the post [on Facebook], she said she picked a quiet spot in Primark to feed her daughter but was then challenged by a security guard who asked her to leave."I stood my ground and stated my rights, that I can legally feed where I want," she wrote.

"Just for the security officer to physically remove my daughter from my breast and walk down the store with her, saying if I wanted my daughter, then I was to come and get her."

Leicestershire Police investigated her claims but she was charged with intent to pervert the course of justice. BBC News
Sentencing will be December 3.
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Man disembowels girlfriend

23/9/2015

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For 24-year-old Fidel Lopez getting his name right during sex was important-in fact it was a matter of life or death.

Lopez has been charged with first degree murder of his girlfriend Maria Nemeth.

The couple were reportedly having sex in a closet in an apartment in Sunrise, Florida when Ms Nemeth, 31, called out the name of her former husband in error.

It is believed to have cost Nemeth her life and it was a brutal death.

First responders answered a call out to the apartment after being told by Lopez his girlfriend could not breathe. When they arrived they found the woman lying in a pool of blood on the bathroom floor and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Initially Lopez tried telling a few tall tales about how Ms Lopez died before eventually spilling the beans.

The Independent reports "According to a police report seen by NBC Miami, Lopez told officers he flew into a rage and broke objects around the apartment after Ms Nemeth allegedly said her ex-husband’s name during sex."

The gruesome details continue thus - "Telling police he became a “monster”, Mr Lopez said he began to insert objects into Ms Nemeth, who was unconscious, and ripped out some of her intestinal tissue.

After failing to revive his girlfriend by splashing water on her face, he called the emergency services."

The couple had been living together for just one week.

Lopez will not be given bail.

Opinion: Capital punishment is legal in the US State of Florida. If Lopez is guilty of such a heinous crime he has to be one rabid dog that deserves to be put down.
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David Cameron piggate fiasco, Call Me Dave

22/9/2015

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David Cameron is taking social media by storm this week but for all the wrong reasons.

When a story broke Monday Cameron refused to comment saying to do so would add some sort of credence to the story.

Tuesday the story is trotting along nicely without his input this time around.

The story centres around an allegation published in a new unofficial biography of Cameron, Call Me Dave, by Lord Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott; it is alleged that PM Cameron once engaged in a "bizarre ritual with a dead pig."

The story is not sourced by name but rather anonymous. It may or may not be true but either way it will be a difficult story for Cameron to dismiss.

If he is innocent of wrongdoing he could perhaps sue; in fact he may find that is the only way to put the brakes on piggate or knobgate as it is being called on Twitter et al.

The story is in most if not all mainstream publications, is attracting a variety of comments and must surely be a huge embarrassment for Cameron and the Conservative Party.

The allegations say that during a "bizarre university dining club ritual", an initiation ceremony, David Cameron, and presumably others, stuck his genitals into the mouth of a dead pig's head.

Downing Street declined to comment but later a party source later specifically denied the allegation.

The drinking club is the decadent Piers Gaveston club; Cameron sources have also denied he was ever a member of that club but piggate rolls on.

Opinion: How easy will it be for Cameron to bury this story? Imagine meeting him now? Could you keep a straight face? Does the story make you laugh or squirm? It is after all abuse of a dead animal and we should not just giggle at such silly antics.

Did he or didn't he is the big question. Although how will he wriggle out of this one is probably a bigger question.

The story and its memes are here to stay at least for now.
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Above are just a few of the #piggate images on Twitter-the least offensive too
And the fact that most people are prepared to believe it could have happened must say something about PM Cameron and his ilk?

Wednesday
this story and its fall out rumbles on. The Independent reports "David Cameron compares Lord Ashcroft dead pig claims to a 'stab in the back' as war of words continues PM uses joke to take a swipe at Lord Ashcroft's new book, likening claims made in Call Me Dave to going to the doctor with 'a little prick' in the back." That sadly says it all about our Prime Minister.

"The war of words between David Cameron and Lord Ashcroft has continued, with the Prime Minister reportedly comparing the former Tory deputy chairman's claims of widespread drug-taking and obscene sexual behaviour in his youth to "a stab in the back."

But that does not like an 'innocent' man does it?

Either way the Daily Mail is making big money out of Call Me Dave.


Guardian
- How do you deal with a story like #piggate? A spin doctor’s view
Guardian - Conservative sources deny David Cameron pig’s head allegations
RT - Hamming it up: Liberal Democrats mock ‘Cameron’s Pig’ at conference sing-along
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Chinese farmer shocked at birth of two headed turtle

22/9/2015

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This is not a tale of a teenage mutant Ninja turtle but rather of a farmer in Nanfeng County, in the Jiangxi Province of China, who breeds turtles.

Having bred millions of turtles a two-headed youngster is according to the farmer his first in 30 million!

The two-headed red-eared turtle was a shock for the farmer; it was so unexpected.

The turtle is able to move freely and appears healthy.

Whether the creature is simply a two-headed turtle or is more like conjoined twins that share a body is not clear.

In June a two-headed pig was born in Beiyan Village, in the township of Gaoguan, in Chengkou County, in China’s Chongqing municipality. 

That animal's owner, pig farmer Jing Guanglan, decided the birth of that little piggy was a good luck sign; he chose to embrace its birth by classing the creature as a good luck charm and money-maker.

Just how he decided on the good luck is not clear. It could be a lucky break for the pig though who may escape a deadly kitchen fate.

However the two-headed pig was more like a conjoined creature and struggled to survive from day one.

Guanglan however could only see the poor creature as a cash creator that would attract publicity at a  price.

Sadly deformed creatures are popular in Chin and can be big money-spinners although their lifespan tends to be brief.

According to the Daily Mirror "Experts say the male piglet has a rare genetic defect that only affects one in 100,000."

Its owner ignored the fact that the poor creature could hardly move about as its two-heads are such a weight. The two-headed pig was born with four eyes and two snouts.

Are these strange mutant animal births specific to China? If so could it be down to how they are raised and fed? If so what does that tell us about the creatures that appear normal and survive before being killed for food across the world?

After all, we are what we eat!
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Headless chicken Mike survived 18 months

10/9/2015

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pDo you sometimes feel like a headless chicken? You know what that means-running around blindly getting nowhere fast.

That common saying has its roots in fact. And fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.

Chickens have been known to have some life after head loss but Thursday a story about a headless chicken that lived a further 18 months is amazing, shocking, sad and grotesque.

According to the story it happened 70 years ago today in Colorado in the USA.

Before you dismiss the story as nonsense the decapitated bird became famous and was called 'Mike'.


It was September 10, 1945, when a farming couple, Lloyd Olsen and his wife Clara, were killing birds-Lloyd was the executioner chopping the birds' heads off and Clara faced the task of cleaning what was left.

But 'Mike' refused to give up the ghost and the Olsens decided to help him live

According to the family the headless chicken was "placed in an old apple box on the farm's screened porch for the night" and was still alive and kicking the following morning.

Although most of the chicken's head was in a jar, most of his brain stem and one ear was left on his body. Since most of a chicken's reflex actions are controlled by the brain stem Mike was able to remain quite healthy-Mike the headless chicken.

The rooster quickly became a legend in its own lifetime.

Taken up by a travelling sideshow its fame quickly spread.

Stories include university scientists removing the heads of many other chickens to see if any others survived; well it was 1945 / 1946. But even at that time 'Mike's popularity and that of his owners was not universal and one compared the Olsens to Nazis.

If you are wondering how the chicken was sustained the owners dropped liquid food and water straight into his oesophagus.

Tragedy struck, or was it a blessing, when the syringe used to clean mucus from his 'throat' was not to hand. Mike choked to death.

Mike survived the initial beheading when a blood clot formed and stopped the bird bleeding to death.

The lucky or unlucky cut depending on your point of view enabled life to continue.

For the Olsens, a poor farming family, Mike was a financial success at least in the short term.

You can read the full family story at;
Mike the headless chicken
The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head

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